Solving the angular momentum problem in the cold feedback mechanism of cooling flows
arXiv:1003.4181 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17156.x
Abstract
We show that cold clumps in the intra--cluster medium (ICM) efficiently lose their angular momentum as they fall in, such that they can rapidly feed the central AGN and maintain a heating feedback process. Such cold clumps are predicted by the cold feedback model, a model for maintaining the ICM in cooling flows hot by a feedback process. The clumps very effectively lose their angular momentum in two channels: the drag force exerted by the ICM and the random collisions between clumps when they are close to the central black hole. We conclude that the angular momentum cannot prevent the accretion of the cold clumps, and the cold feedback mechanism is a viable model for a feedback mechanism in cooling flows. Cold feedback does not suffer from the severe problems of models that are based on the Bondi accretion.
Submitted to MNRAS; corrected an error in a numerical procedure, conclusions unchanged; any comment welcome
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